Scientists have set up a £10million lab to ensure robots never rule the world

Scientists have set up a £10million lab to ensure robots never rule the world

Cambridge’s new lab will explore the challenges humanity might face from the evolution of A.I. (Picture: Getty Images) If you’re concerned that one day artificial intelligence will rise up and crush humanity, à la The Matrix, then this might ease your worries: a new £10million laboratory has been set up to prevent that. The University of Cambridge’s state-of-the-art new lab will explore the challenges humanity will face from the development of A.I. At the latest estimate, human-level artificial intelligence will be developed by 2099, and that, in the words of Stephen Hawking, will either be the best or worst thing to happen to humanity. MORE: Man picks girlfriend up from prison in stolen truck The lab is designed to examine the issues that arise with the development of robots (Picture: Getty…